Motor-vehicle.



J. NEZNALSKI a; I. MASILAINIK.

' mom: YEH IG-LE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9. HM-I 1,157,174. Patented Oct. 19, 1915 /L- 2 SHEETS saga-r 1.

WITNESSES INVENTORS v f Veznalsh Jfiaslauz 0%..

UNITED sTArns PATENT OFFICE.

Masnaxt suhjeets ot' the limstria illunganv. residing at Me- K R .i n the county of Allegheny and S ennsvlvinina. have invented cerof isaid driving means having assoeiateil' therewith a clutching device tor operativelx" connecting it with that axle with which it associates.-

Further oh sot the invention are to provide a motor veh ielewhich is'eonipala tlX'Ql V simple in its construction and arrangement.- strong. du'rahle. eti'ieient in its use, readily set up and comparatively inexpensive.

- i ththe foregoing and other ohjeets in few the invention consists of the novel eont-ruction, combination and arrangement ot parts as hereinafter more specifically de- ,Scrihed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein iS'Shown an emhodimenr ot the invention but it to he understood that changes. variations and modifications can-be resorted to whieheome within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

1n the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views. Figure 1 a front elevation of a motor vehicle in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side & elevation. and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan.

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 denotes the vt-hicle-bodw'. wlnch has suspended fronrthe forward end thereof a trame having hearings 3. 4. 5. and (S for the trout 5O axle and the latter consists of a pair of outer sections 7. and an intermediate section the bearing 3 and is pro ided with a front wheel and the out r section Sis mounted 55in the hearing 6 and carries front wheel The intei-rm-diate section is mounted nown that we. .losi-zr XiczxALsmvehicles ieruol-iject'of the invention is to The outer section 7 is mounted. in

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llars 112 connected to pivoted supports 13.

l-l. forming a part of the frame 2. The ends f the sections 7 and H are squared as at 1 and are adapted to hedetacha'hlv connected with the hearings l. 5 respectivelv. wherehv when the intermediate section 9 is driven. the outer sections T and F of the axle will he carried therewith. The frame 2 further includes a pair of fixed supports 11". 17. the former has a roller 13 and the latter a roller 19.

Mounted in the hood ot' the'vehicle hod v. is a pair of longitudinal extending shafts 21. each having a hand wheel 2;". and each'i'urther provided with a pair of drums 23. 24. upon which :ilternatelv wind and unwind the ends of a tiexihle shifting inemher ()ne ofthe memhers travels over the roller 1 and is connected to a pin 26 carried Irv the pivoted support H and the other memher 27 is connected to a pin 27. carried h v the pivoted support 13. The llexihle memhers 25. also travel over idlers 28 carried h the hood.

The 'iexihle niemhers are ('lil])l(') \'t(l for shifting the pivoted supports l 14. for the purpose of coupling. the sections 7. to the hearings l. wherehy said sections 7. of the axle will he driven from the intermediate section 9 ot' the. axle and said niemhers 25 are further emplo ved tor the purpose of uncoupling the sections T. 8. of the axle. from the intermediate section 9.

The intermediate section J has a gear wheel 25). which is driven from a motor mounted in the hood 20.

The frame 2 is'1' ivotall v connected to the vehicle body 1, in any suitahle manner. and attached to the laid is a disk :)1 having a portion ofiiits edge, toothed as at 32. and meshing with the teeth of the disk bl is a pinion 33. carried by the steering post 34. The latter, in connection with the pinion 33 and toothed disk 31 constitutes steering mechanism for the front axle.

Connected with the frame 2, as well as with the vehicle body in any suitable manner, are the forward springs 35 of the vehicle. The .hood 20 supports a pair of lamps 36.

Attached to the lower face of the vehicle body 1, at the rear thereof, are the rear springs 36 of the vehicle, and connected to the-lower sections of the springs '36, are bearings 37, for the sections 38, 39 of the rear axle. Each of with a the sections of the rear exie is proivided with a Wheel e0, Secured to the hot-tom of the hody'portion 1, at the rear thereof, a casin 41, into which extends a transmission si1a1t42,-having a pinion 43-seonred to the end thereof, and also extending into said casing il, is

a section 38 of the rear axis, the latter haw ing :1 heveied 'gear i-i meshing with. the pinion 43. The section carries a clutching niechanisni'h) which 4 ssocin ses with the section 38, whereby-the section 39 cnn he 01% eratively connected to the section 38, and under silch construction of the sections! of the rear axle are driven through the'mediuin of a connection between the section 38 and transmission shaft 42.

The clutching mechanism 45 is operated through the medium of a flexible member 46, attached. to a shifting iever 4C7, the latter being within the reachof the operator.

The transmission shaft 42 is mounted in bearing brackets 60, which are secured to the bottom of the body portion 1 and said transmission shaft 42 carries a fly Wheel 48, and furthermore has associated therewitisii clutchin mechanism 49, which is associated drive shaft 50, having a pinion 51, and which is operet-ively connected with 21 motor, carried by the body portion 1 and such motor is independent from the motor for driving the axis. The operating means for the clutch mechanism 49 is shown as Associated with the fly Wheel 48, is aba-nd' brake -53,- con ected with "'a rock shaft supported" in the bearings ,;-.and.\havin attached thereto a shifting lever 56,which 1sin convenient reach of the operator."

that we claim 1s:--

a body, efraine suspended from the forward portion thereof and provided with bearings at its ends, axlesections rotatably mounted in said bearings, wheels carried on the outer ends ofsaid axle sections, an intermediate driwing section arranged in longitudinal alinement between the eforesaidaxle sec-" tions, a pair of substentisill'y vertical'lsupr porting arms pivoted at the rlower ends to the fram bean-ng members carried by said supporting arms and rotetably receiving the intermediate axle therein-to support the lat-- "40 -In' a motor vehicle of the class described,

terin position the'outer ends of said last mentioned bearings beingnda ted for engagement respectively with the/inner ends of the first mentioned axle sections; whereby to connect the latter to the intermedisite axle section; means for oscillating said pivotai" 

